the typeface is so incredibly small in this book. If I were to guess I'd say it's about 8pt.

That is ridiculous. I don't know if I could read that. My husband certainly couldn't.

Marketing a book is not fun. The only time I tried that was with my very first book, in 2011. Just something about a 'no' that is discouraging. Takes the fun out of writing. That first book I was lucky and received positive feedback from the Lupus Foundation, which featured the book in their monthly magazine. After that it was clear sailing. That's really the only book that ever sold. Still, I had fun. You never know who is reading your book, what impact it might have had. Certainly writing the books has an impact on the authors--us :)